Bye Bye Magnetic Island

March 24, 2009 – 2:22 am

Today is our last day in the wonderful and relaxed Magnetic Island. Yesterday we rented a little beach car called a Mini Moke and drove about a bit and did some island exploring. We also rented some snorkeling gear and had a bit of a swim, but the tide was coming in and visibility was [...]

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Magnetic Island

March 23, 2009 – 12:04 am

Greetings from a lovely place called Magnetic Island, it’s a nice little island just 20 minutes off the coast of Australia near Townsville. (Check it out on google maps). Aparently this Island was named by Captain Cook when he was sailing past and his compass acted up.
We arrived in yesterday, got picked up by the [...]

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